Window-frame for automobile-hoods



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WINDOW FRAME FOR AUTOMOBILE H0008. APPLICATION FILED umso. 1919 1,364,459. Patented Jan. 4, 1921.

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WINDOW-FRAME FOR AUTOMOBILE-HOODS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 4:, 1921.

Application filed January 30, 1919. Serial No. 273,933.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J osnrrr Soss, a citizen of the United States, and residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Window- Frames for Automobile-Hoods, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This'invention relates to frames for use in supporting window panels and particularly to devices of this class used in connection with flexible hoods of automobiles or other vehicles; and the object of the invention is to provide a frame of the class specified with improved means for securing a transparent panel therein and also improved means for securing the frame in the hood of the automobile or in a flexible fibrous body or sheet of any kind; and with this and other objects in view the invention consists in a device of the class specified, constructed and operating as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement aredesignated by. suitable reference characters in each of the views,and in which Figure 1 is an outside view of hey improved window frame and showing the same in use;

Fig. 2 a section on the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 a sectional detail view of the outer part of the frame;

Fig. 4 a view similar to Fig. 2 of the inner part of the frame,

Fig. 5 a view similar to Fig. 2 but showing another form of construction,

Fig. 6 a sectional'detail view of the inner part of the frame shown in Fig. 5; and,

Fig. 7 a view similar to Fig. 6 of the outer part of the frame shown in Fig. 5.

In the practice of my invention, as shown in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive, I provide a window panel frame a which, as shown in the drawing, is elliptical in form but which may be round or of any other desired shape. The

frame a is composed of an inner part b preferably of wood and an outer part c, preferably of metal, and the outer part c is shown in Fig. 3 while the inner part b is shown in Fig. 4.

The outer part 0 comprises a body portion 0 which is plane-convex in cross section and a web portion 0 which projects at right angles from the plain side of the body portion and is preferably slightly tapered outwardly and is provided at intervals with holes or apertures 0 The part 6 comprises a body portion 5 and a top inwardly directed flange or shoulder portion and the transverse dimensions of the body portion 6 are approximately the same as the transverse dimensions of oneside portion of. the body portion 0 of the outer member 0 of the frame, as clearly shown in Fig. 2.

In the accompanying drawing I have shown at d a part of the hood of an automobile which may be of leather, canvas, or any other suitable flexible material or a flexible fibrous body of any kind, and in the use of the window frame shown in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive, the part c 'of the frame or the Web portion 0 thereof may be forced into the hood material as shown in Fig. 2, after which the part b of the frame is forced into position, after which the hood material is cut out to form the opening 6, after which the transparent panel f is placed in position, after which a flexible gasket or band it is placed within the frame as shownin Fig; 2 so that it bears on the web 0 and securely holds the transparent panel 7 in position, after which nails or similar fastening devices 2' are passed through holes 72, in the gasket or band It and through the holes 0 in 'the'web portion 0 of the frame and into the body of the part b'of the frame as clearly shown in Fig. 2, and the transparent panel is securely bound in the frame and said frame in the body of the hood, with the said panel and hood body in the same or parallel planes;

In this form of construction the top inwardly directed flange member 5 of the part b of the frame overlaps the web portion 0 and overlaps the edge of the hood material,

or the edge of the hood portion formed by cutting out the opening 6, and also overlaps or partially overlaps the gasket or band I: and a neat and finished appearance is given to the inner side of the frame, and the inner part Z) of the frame securely binds and holds the frame in the hood without crimping or twisting the hood material outside of the frame, and the nails 2' securely bind the separate parts of the frame together and aid in securing the hood material therein.

My invention, however, is not limited to any particular method of or means for securing the frame in the hood, or the method of placing the frame in the hood, the said in.- vention as shown in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive consisting of the frame constructed as shown and described together with the gasket or band h which forms a part of said frame.

In the construction shown in Figs. 5 to 7 inclusive, the part 0 of the frame is the same in form and construction as shown in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive, except that elongated holes 0 are substituted for the holes c shown in Fig. 3. In this form of construction, however, the inner part b of the frame is made U-shaped in cross section, or the inner side thereof is provided with a groove or recess 6 which extends entirely around said part and opens inwardly and is adapted to receive the web member 0 of the part 0 as clearly shown in Fig. 5, .while the inner side portion 6 of the part b is shorter than the outer side portion 6 so as to form an annular space between the part b and the part c as shown at y" in Fig. 5 to receive the transparent panel 7.

With this construction the parts of the frame may be assembled and secured in or to the hood orhood material as shown and described with reference to the construction shown in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive, or in any way, or by any means or process that might suggest itself to the operator, and after the parts have been assembled and secured to or in the hood as shown in Fig. 5, nails are passed outwardly through the inner part b of the inner frame member and through the holes 0 in the web portion 0 of the outer frame member and into the outer part b of the inner frame member as clearly shown in Fig. 5. In the operation of assembling the parts of the frame as shown in Fig. 5, the hood of the automobile may entirely overlap the web portion 0 of the outer frame member 0 as clearly shown in said figure, and if desired the inner frame member I)" may be inclosed by a covering or casing m of flexible material similar to the hood material, and in this way a highly finished appearance may be given the inner side of the frame as viewed from within the vehicle, and the frame is firmly secured in the material of the hood without marring the surface of the latter or without twisting, or wrinkling or crimpin it in any way.

lVhile I have shown and described the preferred form or forms of my invention, it"

part being provided with a plain face having a central web which projects therefrom and extends entirely around said part and divides the face thereof into similar outer and inner portions, and the inner part of the frame being adapted to inclose said web and to closely fit the same and to bind the body of fibrous material between itself and the said web and outer face portion of the outer part of the frame, said parts of the frame being also provided with means for securing a transparent panel on the inner face portion of the outer part of the frame and in the plane of the fibrous material or a plane parallel therewith, and means for securing the parts of the frame together.

2. A window frame of the class described for use in securing a transparent panel in a flexible body of fibrous material, said frame consisting of inner and outer parts, the outer part being provided with a plain face having a central web which projects therefrom and divides the face thereof into similar outer and inner portions, the inner part of the frame inclosing said web and closely fitting the same and binding the body of fibrous material between itself and said web and the outer face portion of the outer part of the frame, said parts of the frame being also provided with means for securing a transparent panel on the inner face portion of the outer part, and fastening devices passed transversely and outwardly through said web and into the inner part of the frame for securing said parts together with the fibrous material therebetwe'en and with the transparent panel in position.

3. A window frame of the class described comprising inner and outer parts, the outer part being plano-convex in cross section and provided on the plain face thereof with a projecting web and the inner part being adapted to inclose said web and to bind a fabric body between itself and the outer part, said outer part being adapted to receive a transparent panel, a flexible strip mounted on the inner face of said web for holding said transparent panel in position, as my invention I have signed my name in and devices passed transversely and outpresence of the subscribing Witnesses this wardly through said strip, Web and the in- 29th day of January 1919. ner part of the frame for securing said parts JOSEPH SOSS 5 together with the fibrous body therebetween Witnesses:

and the transparent panel therein. 0. E. MULREANY, In testimony that I claim the foregoing H. E. THOMPSON. 

